A woman is suing a Dallas County psychiatric hospital that she says held her against her will for nearly two days after she went in to learn about the facility's outpatient services.

Alexandra Hansen, along with her mother, went to Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital in DeSoto the evening of Jan. 4, 2016, to see if the hospital's counseling programs would fit around her work schedule, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. district court in Dallas.

The pair were taken to a locked holding room and Hansen — who has a disability and suffers from anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and an auditory processing disorder — was asked to sign intake forms. The lawsuit alleges that the center took advantage of her difficulty with comprehending the forms.

The hospital could not be reached for comment Friday night.

Hansen then had a five-minute teleconference with a physician in Houston on an electronic tablet and was asked about her medications and how she felt. A few minutes later, a hospital employee told her she wouldn't be allowed to leave, the lawsuit says.

When Hansen and her mother protested, they were restrained and told that a court order forced Dallas Behavioral to hold her, the lawsuit alleges. According to the lawsuit, no such court order existed.

Hospital employees took Hansen's belongings, including her cellphone, and she was unable to contact anyone outside the building until the following day, the lawsuit says. When she asked how long she would be there, employees told her "for a long time."

Hansen's family hired a lawyer to get her released from the facility, and she was discharged Jan. 6 — nearly 48 hours after her intake.

Hansen begged to leave throughout her ordeal but was met with isolation and verbal abuse from the hospital's staff, the lawsuit claims. She lost her job and her mental well-being was "severely jeopardized," it says.

The lawsuit — filed against the hospital; its parent company, Signature Healthcare Services; its chief medical officer, Dr. Muhammad Haqqani; and the Houston-based doctor who performed the telemedical consultation, Dr. Leo Criep — alleges that the hospital put its "financial bottom line ahead of the needs of its patients." It seeks damages of $250,000.